Prodigies coming good

Toowoomba cricket now has two more reasons to be optimistic about the future.

Darling Downs girls under 13's have won the state championship for the second year in a row, while Toowoomba Grammar School students Tom Sippel and Paul Draheim have been selected to play for the Queensland boys under 12 side.

The pair will have the rest of the year to ramp up their training before heading-off to a four-day camp in Brisbane in January ahead of the national championships in Canberra next year.

The Darling Downs girls' triumph however did not exactly start off in the manner in which the reigning champions had hoped.

The girls' first match in the competition ended in a loss to Capricornia before they eventually earned their way to the grand final thanks to a string of victories.

The championship decider would see them take on their opening day opponents Capricornia again, but this time it was the Downs girls who emerged victorious.

The girls set a total of 148 after winning the toss before their opponents were bowled over 10 runs short of their target.